Oceanside man pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter

VISTA - An Oceanside man pleaded guilty Monday to a pair of
vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from the deaths of an
Orange County couple in a traffic collision.

Terrance James Wright, 61, had a blood-alcohol level of .15
percent after the June 29 crash in the 6200 block of Mission Avenue
in Oceanside, Deputy District Attorney Ann Barber said. The legal
limit for driving is .08 percent.

Wright's car crossed into opposing lanes coming out of a curve
and collided with the vehicle carrying the victims, Barber said.
Alejandro Polo, 51, and his 50-year-old wife, Dolores, died at the
scene.

A drunken driving charge was dropped as part of the plea deal,
as were allegations of gross negligence. Barber said accident
investigators determined the defendant was driving 65 mph at the
time of the crash, instead of the 78 mph originally estimated.